Lamar Jackson didn’t enter the NFL to make friends. While the Ravens’ franchise quarterback stopped short of saying he views his quarterback peers as rivals during a Wednesday news conference, Jackson made it clear he’s not close pals with Bills quarterback Josh Allen or other signal callers across the league.

Quarterbacks aren't the end-all, be-all when it comes to competing for NFL championships. More often than not, in fact, signal-callers are only as elite as their supporting cast, especially when it comes to playoff football.

Kenico Hines might be the key to making Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens comfortable in the hostile playoff environment of Western New York in Sunday's divisional playoff game with the Buffalo Bills.